The visit is being made based on a mandate from he 44th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting which took place in Bali last July, the foreign ministry said in a press statement here on Thursday.
In Myanmar, Marty would observe its government`s preparations to assume the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2014.
During his stay in Maynmar, Marty would among other things pay a courtesy call on Myanmar President U Thein Sein.
He will also hold meetings with his Myanmarese counterpart U Wunna Maung Lwin and a few other ministers, political party leaders, the speaker of the Myanmar parliament, members of the human rights commission and civic society representatives.
Myanmar wants to chair the 10-nation regional grouping in 2014 although according to tradition it would actually be Laos` turn.
Cambodia and Brunei Darussalam would take the ASEAN chair in 2012 and 2013 respectively, while Myanmar was initially projected to do so only in 2016.
Indonesia is the ASEAN Chair for 2011. ASEAN groups Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.
(Uu.F001/HAJM)
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